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Hampshire MP claimed expenses for floating duck island
GOSPORT MP Peter Viggers claimed £30,000 of taxpayer funded expenses on his garden- including £1,645 on a floating duck island for his pond, it has been revealed tonight. He is to stand down at the next general election over the expenses row
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Pedestrian seriously injured after car accident
A PEDESTRIAN has been taken to hospital with a serious head injury after he was in collision with a car. The man in his twenties was treated at the scene of the accident in Shirley Road, Shirley, Southampton, by an ambulance crew and a BASICS
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Cocaine smugglers’ sentences slashed
FOUR drugs smugglers jailed for a total of almost 50 years for bringing £1.75m of cocaine into Southampton dock have had their prison sentences slashed at the Court of Appeal. The three women and one man, who were caught as they returned from
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City's carbon footprint to be calculated in ground breaking research
SOUTHAMPTON’S carbon footprint is to be calculated in a pioneering research project that could be replicated in cities across the globe. The £55,000 project, paid for by Southampton City Council, aims to create the most accurate snapshot of a city
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Ex-Saints captain faces drink-driving charge
FORMER Saints captain Claus Lundekvam has been arrested over allegations of drink-driving. He is also accused of driving away from the scene of an accident while over the drink-drive limit. Lundekvam, 36, will appear before magistrates
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Mistakes made with mum's blood sample
ERRORS were made processing blood samples of a new mum shortly before she collapsed and later died, an inquest has heard. Amy Kimmance, 39, died two days after giving birth at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester on December 21, 2007.
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Outstanding improvement at Winchester school
A HAMPSHIRE primary school is today top of the class. St Peter’s Catholic Primary School in Oliver’s Battery rated just “satisfactory” three years ago is now “outstanding,” according to the lastest Ofsted report. This puts it in the top 15
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Church targeted by burglars and vandals
A CHURCH has been wrecked after being targeted two days in row. Thousands of pounds of damage was caused when burglars forced a door, trashed the office and smashed through the wall to get their hands on the safe eventually escaping with £16
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Pulcinella, Carlton Street, Southampton
ONE OF the many debates I often face when going to a restaurant is whether to have a starter or dessert with my meal. Or both. With a night at Pulcinella, the friendly home of modern Italian food in Southampton, there were plenty of choices
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Vision for new city fire station
PLANS to build a new fire station in Winchester have been unveiled. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) has asked city planners for permission to put a new £4m facility on its workshop site off Easton Lane. It’s part of the service’s plans
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Hants secure home quarter-final against Middlesex
Hampshire (149-0) beat Nottinghamshire (145) by ten wickets There have been some memorable performances by Hampshire at Trent Bridge in recent years, but today’s Friends Provident Trophy turnaround takes some beating. Anyone who was
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Pietersen out of one-day series
HAMPSHIRE'S Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of England's Natwest one-day series against the West Indies due to an Achilles injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed. England's best batsman suffered the injury during the second
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Thieves steal bee hives from across Hampshire
HAMPSHIRE bee-keepers are being stung by professional “bee rustlers” who are stealing hives to sell on the black market. Thieves have targeted at least four farms across the county in the past month as a national shortage of honeybees drives
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Rose drops out of PGA Championship
JUSTIN Rose has been forced to withdraw from the BMW PGA Championship due to a back injury. The 28-year-old, who was runner up at Wentworth two years ago, chose not to play in today's pro-am in the hope of being fit for tomorrow's first round
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Hospital 'not to blame' for mums' deaths, says doctor
A DOCTOR has absolved Winchester hospital of being the source of an infection that caused the death of two new mums. Matthew Dryden, a consultant microbiologist, was giving evidence on day three of the inquest into the deaths of Amy Kimmance, 39, and
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Water company axes 200 jobs
A WATER company which supplies hundreds of Hampshire homes today announced plans to make 200 job cuts by the end of the year due to ''the current economic climate''. Wessex Water, which covers part of the New Forest and the south west of England
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Duo guilty of pensioner's murder
TWO men have been jailed for life for the brutal murder of a frail pensioner who was tortured and beaten to death at his Landford home in September. A jury of seven men and five women came to a verdict yesterday morning at end of the fourweek
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Esther Rantzen confrms she is considering standing as MP
ESTHER Rantzen has confirmed she is contemplating standing for election. The Hampshire TV presenter says she she is considering running to become member of parliament for Luton South. The current incumbent of the role, Margaret Moran, claimed £22,500
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Water contract on stream for Hampshire firm
A CONTRACT to repair the south’s ageing water network potentially worth tens of millions of pounds has been won by a Hampshire building firm. The water industry arm of the Totton-based Trant group, which directly employs 550 people locally,
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Spitfire memorial campaign begins feasibility study
STUDIES into the final design, scale and cost of Southampton’s tribute to the Spitfire have been launched. Two feasibility studies costing a combined £38,000 will be conducted over the next six weeks by consultants who will report back to the
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Saints encouraged by Davis contract talks
KELVIN DAVIS has reacted positively to the provisional contract he has been offered by Saints. Head coach Mark Wotte met up with Davis yesterday after the Daily Echo player of the season, who is out of contract at the end of next month, returned
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Police calls to halt city centre superclub
SOUTHAMPTON’S top cop is leading a bid to stop two of the city’s notorious nightspots reopening as a 1,400 capacity superclub. Nexum Leisure wants to spend £1.6m to transform the former McClusky’s and New York New York venues in Queens Way
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Prison condemned by report
A disabled prisoner was unable to wash properly for over a year because staff refused to carry him to the showers, a damning report revealed today. Another disabled prisoner went six months without a shower because of a lack of staff ''trained
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Mums and children flee arson attack on flats
YOUNG mums clutching their babies fled a smoke filled block of flats in Southampton. The blaze broke out after arsonists set fire to a push chair in the stairwell. Around 10 residents were forced to evacuate Napier House in Paynes Road
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Thief stole £1,500 and hurled racist abuse at shopkeeper
A MAN has been locked up for more than four years after robbing a Southampton amusement arcade and hurling racist abuse at a shopkeeper. Benjamin Miles-Worsfold grabbed £1,500 from the owner of Moretons in Above Bar Street before punching and
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Crime rise warning for Hampshire
CRIME will rise because of shock cuts to the probation service in Hampshire, the Government has been warned. Union leaders and the Conservatives reacted angrily to the revelation that £845,000 has been stripped from the county’s budget this year
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Watson named in Australia's Ashes squad
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has promised England that the upcoming Ashes series will be far tougher than its 2-0 series whitewash of the West Indies. Having lost 1-0 in the Caribbean earlier this year, England gained revenge for that series
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Bid to get strip club licence refused
SWISS banking giant UBS is fighting plans for a strip club at its own Leisure World complex in Southampton. The new lap-dancing club would be squeezed between two family restaurants. It would offer pole dancing classes until 9pm when strippers
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Four years in jail for professional burglar
A PROFESSIONAL burglar who raided two Hampshire homes has been sentenced to four years in prison. Reginald Bosanquet, 41, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to stealing cash from two properties in Bar End Road and King Alfred Terrace, both in Winchester
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Last-ditch appeal to stop ship taxes
SOUTHAMPTON City Council's transport boss has sent an eleventh hour objection to Government plans to hike shipping taxes by up to 67 per cent. Backing the Daily Echo's campaign, Tory Councillor Matt Dean said the tax rise put at risk the recovery
